Andy Kaufman's 'daughter' likely a hoax, reports say

4:43 PM,
Nov. 14, 2013

Andy Kaufman in a July 1979 photo.

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Haley Blum
USA TODAY

Reports are surfacing that say the woman claiming to be Kaufman's daughter could be a New York actress named Alexandra Tatarsky. CinemaBlend points out the resemblance of the woman to a photo of the actress on a theater website, and The Smoking Gun reports she met Michael Kaufman at a New York gallery featuring a collection of "artifacts" from Andy Kaufman's life and planned the stunt with him.

Gawker found her biography, which notes that the actress is "inspired by Russian absurdism" - Kaufman could also be said to be an absurdist.